I sort of hinted that I would like to try that and he didn't seem very excited about the idea. I think I'll just RMA the card and hope I have better luck with the replacement. Thanks again for all your help! --dan On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Steven Toth <stoth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 1:43 PM, dan <danwalkeriv@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Steven, >> >> I tried adding some 2 way splitters for attenuation. Each one was >> -3dB, and I got up to about 5 total, with no change. >> >> I didn't get a chance to try under windows (for various reasons mostly >> related to time and lack of a Windows install CD), but I did get some >> evidence that it might be the card. I have a friend at work with the >> same card which he has been using without problems for a while now (in >> Fedora 10). He took my card home and swapped it for his working card >> and it didn't work. He said that he got a message saying that the >> card couldn't lock and that he could either try waiting longer or try >> another channel. He did both and he still couldn't get a lock. >> Unless there is some other reason that you can't just swap two working >> HVR-2250s in a working system and have the system still work, I'm >> inclined to believe I got a bad one. >> >> --dan >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Steven Toth <stoth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Steven Toth <stoth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 1:44 AM, dan <danwalkeriv@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> I do have 2 2-way splitters between the card in the wall. I tried >>>>> hooking the card straight to the cable outlet on the wall and ran some >>>>> more tests. It's a little difficult, because there's only one cable >>>>> outlet in my whole apartment, and it means doing some re-arranging and >>>>> being offline while I'm running the tests. >>>> >>>> Removing splitters proves it's probably not a weak signal issue (also >>>> the SNR or 39 on the TV). Can you apply some attenuation to reduce >>>> the overall rf strength? I'm thinking it's too hot. >>>> >>>> Something must be using your second tuner, mythtv maybe? >>> >>> Oh, and please try the card under windows ideally on the same PC using >>> the same antenna feed, to rule out any card specific issues. >>> >>> -- >>> Steven Toth - Kernel Labs >>> http://www.kernellabs.com >>> >> > > Urgh. It sounds like a card specific problem. Of course, installing > your friends card in your system to completely confirm the suspicion > would be perfect. > > Regards, > > -- > Steven Toth - Kernel Labs > http://www.kernellabs.com > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
